"Easy Living" has music by Ralph Rainger and lyrics by Leo Robin. It was written in 1937 for the Paramount film of the same name, directed by Mitchell Leisen. It is a jazz standard with English lyrics, in 4/4 and the key of F major, and it follows a 32-bar AABA form.
The original recording was made by Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra with a vocal by Billie Holiday for Brunswick on 1 June 1937. A popular 1937 recording also featured Benny Goodman and Lester Young. Later versions include those by Wardell Gray, Peggy Lee (1953), Dinah Washington, Bill Evans (1956), Clifford Brown, Sarah Vaughan with Oscar Peterson (1978), Nancy Wilson, Ann Hampton Callaway with Wynton Marsalis, and Bryan Ferry (1999).
